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Mar22
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Winter Degrees Conferred
TIME Friday, March 22, 2024
CONTACT Office of the Registrar nu-registrar@northwestern.edu EMAIL
CALENDAR University Academic Calendar
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Mar25
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Spring Break Ends
TIME Monday, March 25, 2024
CONTACT Office of the Registrar nu-registrar@northwestern.edu EMAIL
CALENDAR University Academic Calendar
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Mar26
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Spring Classes Begin - Northwestern Monday: Classes scheduled to meet on Mondays meet on this day.
TIME Tuesday, March 26, 2024
CONTACT Office of the Registrar nu-registrar@northwestern.edu EMAIL
CALENDAR University Academic Calendar
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Mar26
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Title: Filtration and Fluid Mechanics Inspired by the Manta Ray - Reiss Lecture
Speaker: Peko Hosoi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Abstract: HVAC systems account for about 20% of U.S. energy consumption of which at least 7% is consumed by fans. Their energy efficiency strongly depends on their filters: reducing resistance can result in significant energy savings. We explore novel strategies for filtration inspired by the manta ray, which has evolved a system for filtering zooplankton that appears to be unlike any industrial filtration mechanism. Instead of a sieve strategy, the manta deploys microstructures, which are hypothesized to instigate eddies that push particles away from the filtration pores, resisting clogging, and enabling the filtration of particles much smaller than the pore size. Using perturbation theory and asymptotics we examine two toy problems that mimic various features of the filtration strategies employed by manta rays and find that experimental data from wavy channels are consistent with our asymptotic predictions.
Zoom: https://northwestern.zoom.us/j/94670869656
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TIME Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
LOCATION M416, Technological Institute map it
CONTACT Ted Shaeffer ted.shaeffer@northwestern.edu EMAIL
CALENDAR McCormick-Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics (ESAM)
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Mar27
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Title: A Few Short Stories about Probability and Sports - Reiss Lecture
Speaker: Peko Hosoi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Abstract: In most professional sports, every physical attribute of an athlete that can be measured is tracked and recorded. There exists an abundance of (relatively) high quality data — in football, basketball, baseball, cricket, etc. — which makes sports an ideal testing ground for new analyses and algorithms. In this talk I will describe a few studies that lie at the intersection of sports and data. Topics may include: the origin of the increase in home runs in Major League Baseball; the public health impact of allowing fans in American football stadiums during the pandemic; the role of skill and chance in sports and other activities; measuring “court sense” i.e. an athlete’s decision-making ability in basketball; and the design of optimal running shoes.
Zoom: https://northwestern.zoom.us/j/95662167446
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TIME Wednesday, March 27, 2024 at 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
LOCATION Hive Room 2350, Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center map it
CONTACT Ted Shaeffer ted.shaeffer@northwestern.edu EMAIL
CALENDAR McCormick-Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics (ESAM)
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Apr9
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Title: Tales of tails: Elastohydrodynamics of microscale motion
Speaker: Maciej Lisicki, University of Warsaw and UPenn
Abstract: TBA
Zoom: TBA
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TIME Tuesday, April 9, 2024 at 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
LOCATION M416, Technological Institute map it
CONTACT Ted Shaeffer ted.shaeffer@northwestern.edu EMAIL
CALENDAR McCormick-Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics (ESAM)
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Apr16
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Title: Mathematics of Life Seminar Series
Speaker: Efi Efrati, Weizmann Institute of Science
Abstract: TBA
Zoom: TBA
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TIME Tuesday, April 16, 2024 at 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
LOCATION M416, Technological Institute map it
CONTACT Ted Shaeffer ted.shaeffer@northwestern.edu EMAIL
CALENDAR McCormick-Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics (ESAM)
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Apr30
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Title: TBA
Speaker: Ehud Yariv, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
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TIME Tuesday, April 30, 2024 at 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
LOCATION M416, Technological Institute map it
CONTACT Ted Shaeffer ted.shaeffer@northwestern.edu EMAIL
CALENDAR McCormick-Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics (ESAM)